std::basic_istream::read

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Member functions basic_istream::basic_istream basic_istream::~basic_istream Formatted input basic_istream::operator>> Unformatted input basic_istream::get basic_istream::peek basic_istream::unget basic_istream::putback basic_istream::getline basic_istream::ignore basic_istream::read basic_istream::readsome basic_istream::gcount Positioning basic_istream::tellg basic_istream::seekg Miscellaneous basic_istream::sync Member classes basic_istream::sentry

​basic_istream& read( char_type* s, streamsize count );​

Extracts characters from stream.

If ​good() != true​, ​setstate(failbit)​ is called and the function returns. At most count characters are extracted. If end-of-file is encountered earlier, ​setstate(eofbit​ is called and the function returns.

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return value 3 Example 4 See also

Parameters

s	-	pointer to the character string to store the characters to
count	-	number of characters to read

Return value

​*this​

Example

This section is incomplete

See also

operator>>	extracts formatted data (public member function)
readsome	extracts already available blocks of characters (public member function)
get	extracts characters (public member function)
getline	extracts characters until the given character is found (public member function)